Cutting edges of Klaf

By Yehoshua -
There is never a shortage of interesting shailos...Someone asked if it's muter to cut out the sides of mezuzah klaf in order to make it look like a "Crown" -- imagine special scissors that children use in order to make the paper look nice with a sort of design. In a way of course that the oisios are not messed up in any way (cut, mukaf gvil, etc.)

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  1. Rabbi Eli GutnickJune 25, 2012 at 10:37 PM

    cuttnig klaf on stam that is already written is itself a contentious issue

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  2. BenyominJune 26, 2012 at 1:22 AM

    On a related issue, I've noticed by megillot and sifrei Torah when it's time to sew the yeriot together that there are sometimes slight differences in size between one section and the next, usually no more than a millimeter or so but sometimes as much as a centimeter. Is it permitted to trim the yeriot to make them even, or should one leave them as they come from the klafmacher?

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  3. Rabbi Eli GutnickJune 26, 2012 at 2:50 AM

    I think you cannot, however there may be a difference between stam that has already been used with a bracha and not

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  4. Rabbi Eli GutnickJune 27, 2012 at 1:31 AM

    Yehoshuah, can you find out please rav shammais opinion on cutting klaf as well as if there is a nfkah minnah between stam that has not yet been used?

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  5. YehoshuaJune 27, 2012 at 1:40 AM

    Even in a case let's say where the parshiyos don't fit into the batim and must be cut down R' Shammai said he's matir. So seemingly STaM that hasn't been used would be more kulo-dik...

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  6. UnknownAugust 8, 2012 at 7:43 PM

    The original question here was never answered. What if - before writing - one decided to cut the edge of the klaf in a fancy design, is it alright to do so?

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